Super 90 S-Style Sized "P90"
If you want huge tone in a single coil space, this is the ticket. These are wound very much like a vintage set of S-style pickups, but with steel poles and lots of magnet. This is the "More" set. They still clean up well, but when you turn up to 11, they will definitely let you know! We have worked very hard to retain our signature clarity and definition that Dylanpickups is known for unlike other pickups of this design. Give them a shot...
8.2 k Just like a regular P90
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I suspected this would fall short of my expectations when I got it. After all, the premise is basically an overwound Strat pickup. The field would be too small. The magnets would be all wrong. It was not adding up. But Dylan is mighty proud of his P90s, so I took a chance he knew what he was doing. While this is a breed apart from a true P90, as I suspected, that's hardly a mark against it. Imagine a really tight P90 tone. Muscular, yet precise, to use bass player terminology. This about as concise a description as I can find. I'm accustomed to Strat pickups being thin, but more or less clear. This pickup adds heft to the output without a loss of clarity. It is quite refined at the end of the day. It's distinctly Stratty, without all the shortfalls. It's P90 enough to be mistaken for one in a blind test. Also it plays well with other pickups in the instrument. No quack or volume drop. Just lustrous tone.
While this does overdrive, distort, and fuzz well, I always find myself at the edge of breakup savoring the sound of it. Seeing how SRV needed $100k in amps to get his Strats to sound this good, I count myself fortunate to have stumbled across Dylan and his product line. Pickup replacement is an exercise in solving certain problems, and I have problems with Stratocasters. This pickup solves every issue I imagined plus a few I was unaware of. Dylan talks a great deal about the clarity of his pickups, and I can assure anyone he has every right to boast. The Super 90 takes all the clarity of a standard Strat pickup and beefs up the EQ. I have mine juxtaposed against a lipstick pickup, and it highlights each individual strength. The lipstick is brittle and teases the shrill side of things. The Super 90 is smooth, lush, and gives more room to spread out. Bluesy, but well-spoken. An acrobat on a leisurely stroll. Dylan does warn anyone who cares to hear that this isn't a noiseless pickup. It will hum, and do so badly if left alone. I just don't care. The tone is too good to gripe about 60 cycle hum.
Put one of these in the neck to balance with a bridge humbucker. Great "woody" tone that is not over powered by the humbucker when mixed together. Volume, tone, and the super 90 can do anything you want it too.
I put this p90 in a $150 strat copy and the sound was like night and day. Got a good metal bite out of it but it maintained its clarity even at high gain. No feedback issues at all.
They sound amazing!
They sound amazing!